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@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-20 16:52:29
Two police officers who clashed with rioters at the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection in 2021 have sued Donald Trump over plans to create a
$1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.
The fund, which critics have argued is essentially a slush fund, is set to compensate allies of the US president who he claims were victims of prosecutorial overreach.
It was created as part of an agreement in which Trump and his sons dropped a $10bn long-shot lawsuit against the US In…
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@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-21 21:07:34
The Senate will go on recess without voting on a reconciliation bill tied to the Department of Justice's $1.8 billion weaponization fund, according to reports on Thursday.
PunchBowl News reported that Sen. John Thune (R-ND) told senators the bill would be left unfinished while the lawmakers returned home for the Memorial Day holiday.
"House is expected to follow suit soon," Sherman wrote in a post on X.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-20 20:17:29
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) said legislative action would be underway after Trump's Department of Justice this week announced the $1.776 billion slush fund, which was created by part of a settlement of Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS.
"Bad news. We’re gonna kill try to kill it," Fitzpatrick said.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-20 21:51:10
Has there ever been an episode of presidential corruption so blatant and threatening to constitutional order?
Certainly not in modern times.
Trump’s Justice Department is using taxpayer money to create a $1.8 billion political slush fund.
Ostensibly set up to compensate those who the department claims have “suffered weaponization and lawfare,”
it will in fact reward loyalists willing to defy the law and commit violence on behalf of the president.
The fund manages…
